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Princeton's WordNet

  1. demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifyingadjective

    causing awareness of your shortcomings

    "golf is a humbling game"

Wiktionary

  1. demeaningadjective

    degrading; that degrades

Webster Dictionary

  1. Demeaning

    of Demean

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Demeaning in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Demeaning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Demeaning in a Sentence

  1. Derald Wing Sue:

    Oftentimes the perpetrator is unaware that they have engaged in demeaning or offensive comments, so you have to make that visible to them.

  2. Miss Sahota:

    It was uncomfortable, embarrassing and demeaning. All information we gave them was ignored, we were stunned when a supervisor told us [ the ].

  3. Peter Pattakos:

    This young man had every opportunity to get up and leave the room at any time, the identified coaches engaged in actions that constituted inappropriate, demeaning and divisive behavior in a misguided attempt to instill discipline into student-athletes.

  4. Nikole Hannah-Jones:

    Black Americans, because of slavery, don't know what country in Africa they came from, and that's a very demeaning experience for a child.

  5. The Scottish government:

    We think that trans people should not have to go through a process that can be demeaning, intrusive, distressing and stressful in order to be legally recognized in their lived gender.

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